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*For Immediate Release:    *     
January 18, 2024
          
*Contact:    *     
Grace Hoge
[email protected]

ICYMI: Medicaid expansion would make  
Kansas health care better, cheaper    

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"**"KEY QUOTE:"* “It’s time to work for the 150,000 Kansans who would breathe a little easier with access to health care. Drop the excuses, and support Medicaid expansion as a policy for the good of all Kansans.” 

*Don’t buy the myths: Medicaid expansion would make Kansas health care better, cheaper* [ [link removed] ] 
*Jeron Ravin, KC Star    *
January 10, 2024 


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Today, Kansas sits among just 10 states that have failed to leverage federal dollars to increase needed health care access, improve the local economy and give rural hospitals a fighting chance to survive. 


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Of the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid, 25 have cut individual income tax. And in 2023, most of these states ended their fiscal year with a budget surplus.


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Medicaid doesn’t discourage anyone from working. Federal survey data from 2021 reveals that 6 in 10 adults under age 65 with Medicaid work full- or part-time.


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If you want a strong workforce, give people access to the care they need.


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Without significant and intentional changes in provider supply, most Kansans will be waiting longer to see a doctor — no matter which insurance card they carry.


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According to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation), health systems in expansion states experienced stronger financial performance for rural hospitals.


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Polls show 70% of Kansans support Medicaid expansion.  

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